Bass-drum and cymbal beater.



No.-852,881f M 3. KBNDIS.

PATENTED MAY '7, 1907.

BASS DRUM AND OYMBAL BEATER.

APPLICATION FILED 0GT.10, 1905. RENEWED M witnesses THE NORRIS PETERS 0a., WASHINGTON, 1: c4

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MICHAEL B. KENDIS, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

BASS-DRUM AND CYIVIBAL BEATERn Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 7, 1907'.

Application filed October 10,1905. Renewed March 27,1907. Serial No. 364.935.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MIcHAEL B. KENDIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bass-Drum and Cymbal Beaters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to portable, pedal-operated bass drum and cymbal beaters and the objects thereof are to provide a light, simple and durable device of this class which may be dismounted and packed in small space; to provide a beater ball of small size which may be of suflicient weight for effective operation yet have the contact portion thereof formed of the light, fibrous material best adapted for this purpose; to provide light, simple foot clamps for retaining the drum in proper position; and to provide a foldable, adjustable cymbal holder attachable to one of the foot clamps. These objects are attained by the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a drum and cymbal arranged in connection with devices embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same, Fig.3 is a plan view of the beater actuating devices, Fig. 4: is a detail sectional view of the composite beater ball, and Fig. 5 is a detail side view of one of the foot clamps.

In the construction shown I provide a suitable base block 1 having thereon the pointed legs 2, as shown. At the rear end of the block is formed a slot adapted to receive the rim 3 of the drum, said rim being held therein by the thumb screw 4. In the central portion of the base block is a slot 5 in which the lever 6 is pivotally held by a pin 7 passing through the same and the base block. At the rear end of the said lever is an upwardly extending head 8 in the upper side of which are holes adapted to receive the ends of the beater rods 9 and 10 which are removably held therein by the thumb screws 1 1. A flat spring 12 is secured to the under side of the base block and the free end thereof normally engages the lever 6 and holds the same in the elevated position shown in Fig. 2. At the sides of the base are the upwardly extending lugs 13 between which the forked ends of the foot lever 14 are pivotally held by a pin 15, said pin also serving as a stop to limit the upward movement of the lever 6. Between the forked ends of the foot lever is placed the roller 16 the same normally resting on the upper surface of the lever 6. At the front end of the foot lever is the curved pedal 17 extending over the front end of the base block, as shown. In the top of the base block is placed a small rubber stop 18 to limit downward movement of the foot lever.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be apparent that pressure upon the pedal will depress the foot lever, the roller 16 carried thereby similarly depressing the lever 6 and causing a relatively rapid stroke of the beater rods 9 and 10 toward the drum head A, while upon releasing the foot lever the spring 12 will cause the parts to assume their original position.

The drum beater rod 9 is preferably jointed near its center, the ends of the sections being threaded and screwed into a coupling 19, as shown, so that "the red when dismounted may go into a short package. The drum beater ball is preferably constructed as shown in detail in Fig. 4, the ball comprising two spherical segments 20 of relatively heavy material such as rubber and a central spherical zone 21 of light fibrous material such as hard felt, the rod 9 passing axially through the three sections and the latter being held together in proper position on the rod by nuts 22 screwed thereon. A suitable covering 23 is placed over the ball, the same preferably being of soft leather such as chamois. By this construction a ball of small size may have suflicient weight for effective operation and at the same time, on account of the con-.

tact portion being formed by the felt zone, not be dead and inert in action as would be the case were the beating contact portion formed of any heavy, hard non-fibrous material.

To retain the drum in proper position I provide the foot clamps comprising the U- shaped blocks 24 adapted to fit over the rim 3 of the drum, and the rods 25 which are pointed at one end and threaded at the other, and have the pins 26 thereon for convenience in screwing the threaded ends into the blocks 24. In placing the clamps in position the drum is placed in proper position on the floor and the U-shaped blocks placed over the rim thereof in such position that the pointed ends of the rods rest on the floor and the threaded ends against the outside of the rim. The rods are then turned by means of the laterally extending pins 26 until the blocks are drawn tightly against the inside of the rim and securely clamped thereon. One of the blocks 24 has an upwardly extending portion 27 thereon to which the arm 28 is adjustably secured by the thumb screw 2-9. To the end of the arm 28 a second arm 30 is secured by a screw 31 and on the end of the arm 30 the cymbal 32 is removably held by the thumb nut 33.

It will be obvious by reference to Fig. 1 that the cymbal may be adjusted to any desired position and that the holder therefor when not in use may be folded into small space.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. I11 a device of the class described, a base block, means for attaching the same to the rim of a drum, a beater lever of which one end is fulcrumed on the base block, there being on the opposite end of the said lever a head having means for the attachment of beater rods thereto, a spring arranged to hold the beater lever normally in raised position, a foot lever having a forked end which passes over the beater lever and is fulcrumed on the base adjacent the head of the beater lever, and a roller carried in the fork of the foot lever adjacent the fulcrum thereof, said roller being in constant engagement with the beater lever adjacent the fulcrumed end thereof.

2. In a device of the class described, a beater ball having a contact segment formed of light fibrous material, and segments of MICHAEL B. KENDIS.

\Vitnesses t D. OpBAlm'nLL, L. G. KENDIs. 

